Wardrobe-hook



(N0 M00181. 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. A. G. WILLIAMS. 8; S. H. HAOKETT WARDROBE HOOK.

Patented Mar. 25, 1890.

WH QQ (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet? A. G. WILLIAMS & S. HQHACKETT.

WARDROBE HOOK.

WITNESEEE' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLEN G. IVILLIAMS AND SUMNER I-I. HACKETT, OF BROOKTOIL'MASSACHU- SETTS; SAID WILLIAMS ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO CHARLES F. CURTIS, OF STQUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

WARDROBE-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,239, dated March 25, 1890.

I Application filed Juno '7, 1889. Serial No. 313,472. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALLEN G. W'ILLIAMs and SUMNER II. HAOKETT, of Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vardrobe-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our inventionis to furnish a bracket or hook upon which a hat may be quickly and readily hung, and which will hold the same mainly by its brim in a somewhat similar manner to a persons thumb and finger. j g

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. lillustrates our improved hook with a hat, partly broken away, hung and held upon the same, the dotted lines showing the manner of placing the hat on the hook. Fig. 2 is a similar View, but showing a slight modification in dotted lines.-

A is the vertical portion orbody of thehook, which is to be secured to the wall.

B is an arm extending in a horizontal direction upwardly from the body A, or in a substantially horizontal direction from said body, as indicated by the dotted lines H in Fig. 2; This arm 13 has near its outer end a downwardlyoblique portion 0, with a flat upper surface a, and said arm B also having at its extremity a projection or finger 1) extending upward from said portion 0. V

D is an overhanging arm depending from the upper portion of the body A and terminating within a short distance of the arm 13 and back of the extremity of said arm. The end of the arm D may terminate back of the part 0, as shown in the drawings, ornot, as desired; Theextremity of the arm D has a fiat under surface 0, inclining slightly upward toward the body A.

The brim of the hat is slipped between th two arms B and D, as shown. in the dotted lines, and when released by the hand the hat drops by its own gravity, so that the under surface E of the rim will rest upon the flat surface a of the arm B. The finger I) extending just inside the crown, at the junction of the rim, will prevent the hat from slipping off and limit its fall, while the upper part F of the rim will bear against the end 0 of the arm D, said end serving to keep the hat in its proper position with the under surface E of the rim and the fiat surface a, of the arm B in close juxtaposition. The above-described- Our invention is more particularly appli cable to hats with stilt brims, such as mens high silk hats and derbys. Extending from the upper surface of the arm D is a projection or hook d, upon which any hat may be hung, and extending from the lower end of the body A is an ordinary hook G, which is adapted for a coat.

WVe claim-,

' In a hat and wardrobe-hook, the combination of the body A, the arm B, projecting outwardly therefrom and provided with the flat seat or support a, inclined downwardly from the body and adapted to support the under side of a hat-brim, and with the seat or support I), located at the outer end of the seat a and inclined upwardlyto bear against the interior of the hat-crown, and the curved arm D, formed on said body and having the inclined seat 0 located between the seat a and the body and arranged. to bear on the upper surface of the hat-brim, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 5th day of June, A. D. 1889.

ALLEN G. WILLIAMS. SUMNER H. I-IAOKETT. IVitnesses:

NATHANIEL 0. KING, IRA A. LEACH. 

